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Colorado congressional delegation urges US Forest Service chief to release funds for state forestry and wildfire preparedness

Colorado State Forester Matt McCombs says he breathed a sigh of relief this week as the U.S. Forest Service signaled it would release millions of dollars of federal funds that support state forestry, ...
Ark Valley Voice

USDA Forest Service to Use Defense Department Funds for Wildfire Mitigation

The Pike-San Isabel National Forests and Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands (PSICC) announced the start of a 10-year ...
The Gazette

Polis forms task force to combat pine beetle outbreak threatening Colorado forests

A mountain pine beetle left a pitch tube left in this pondersoa pine as other dead trees stand in the background in Black Forest. (Christian Murdock) Gov. Jared Polis has issued an executive order ...
Post Independent Citizen Telegram

Some trees are already turning yellow in Colorado’s mountains. Here’s why.

Colorado State Forest Service entomologist Dan West says the first reports of yellowing aspen leaves started in mid-August. By late last week, as sightings of possible fall foliage continued across ...